The Satterberg Foundation strengthens our communities by promoting
a just society and a sustainable environment. Doing this work deepens the interconnection of our family.

Current Grantees

Fall 2014

21 Progress: $75,000 (over three years)

Building a 21st century movement for equity & justice. 21 Progress builds leadership capacity among low wage workers, their families, and Washington communities through popular education, civic engagement and arts & culture. Funding for General Operating Support.

Arts Corps: $300,000 (over three years)

Arts Corps' mission is to unlock the creative power of youth through arts education and community collaboration. Funding for General Operating Support.

ArtsEd Washington works to advance arts education through leadership, partnership and communication. Funding for General Operating Support.

Bike Works: $300,000 (over three years)

Bike Works mission is to build sustainable communities by educating youth and promoting bicycling. Since 1996, we have offered innovative and empowering programs in the diverse neighborhoods of southeast Seattle. Funding for General Operating Support.

Capitol Hill Housing Foundation : $270,000 (over three years)

Capitol Hill Housing meets the need for affordable housing and preserves neighborhood character. We fulfill this mission by operating and developing affordable housing in a community context, sensitive to neighborhood needs such as historic preservation, walkability, and supporting local businesses. Funding will support their Capitol Hill EcoDistrict Project.

Center for Environmental Law & Policy: $75,000 (over three years)

The Center for Environmental Law & Policy's mission is to protect and restore the freshwater resources, that is, the rivers and drinking water aquifers, of Washington State. Funding will support their Water Resources Protection Project.

Center for Ethical Leadership: $75,000 (over three years)

The mission of the Center for Ethical Leadership is to cultivate leadership and build capacity for change, helping communities tap collective wisdom in service of the common good. Funding will support their Peacemaking and Healing Initiative.

College Access Now: $300,000 (over three years)

College Access Now (CAN)'s mission is dedicated to making college admission and graduation possible for talented, motivated and economically disadvantaged students who are often the first to attend and graduate college in their families. Funding for General Operating Support.

Economic Opportunity Institute: $75,000 (over three years)

The Economic Opportunity Institute's mission is to restore the promise of the middle class by advancing public policies that promote educational opportunity, good jobs, healthy families and workplaces, and a dignified retirement for all. Funding for General Operating Support.

El Centro de La Raza: $300,000 (over three years)

The mission of El Centro de La Raza is to build unity across all racial and economic sectors, to organize, empower and defend our most vulnerable and marginalized populations, and to bring justice, dignity, equality, and freedom to all the peoples of the world. Funding will support program expansion.

Environmental Coalition of South Seattle: $75,000 (over three years)

Founded in 1993, the Environmental Coalition of South Seattle's (ECOSS) mission is to proivde free education, resources and technical assistance to diverse regional businesses, multicultual communities, indivdiuals and govenments to promote opportunities to achieve a healthy environment and encourage urban redevelopment. Funding will support the development of their community based environmental orientation program.

Environmental Volunteers, Inc.: $180,000 (over three years)

Environmental Volunteers promotes understanding of, and responsibility for, the environment through hands on science education. Funding will support program expansion and evaluation.

Garden-Raised Bounty (GRuB) is a grassroots non-profit organization dedicated to nourishing a strong community by empowering people to grow good food. We grow inspired, self-confident and community-minded youth through educational and employment opportunities. Funding for General Operating Support.

Homestead Community Land Trust: $75,000 (over three years)

Homestead Community Land Trust is a grassroots, membership-based non-profit organization with a mission to strengthen Seattle area neighborhoods by creating permanently affordable homeownership for low and moderate income households. Funding will support their Sustainable Support Program.

Humanities Washington: $300,000 (over three years)

Humanities Washington, established in 1973, is a non-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing experiences within the humanities - and making them accessible to all people. Our mission is to improve life for individuals and their communities through cultural education programs that nurture creativity, promote dialogue, and spark critical thinking. Funding will support their programming.

Jefferson Land Trust: $300,000 (over three years)

Jefferson Land Trust is a community conservation organization whose mission is to help the community preserve open space, working lands and habitat forever. Funding for General Operating Support.

Legal Voice: $75,000 (over three years)

Legal Voice, founded in 1978 as the Northwest Women's Law Center, works to ensure that all women and girls have these fundamental rights: to equal treatment and to be free from discrimination; to decide when and how to form and maintain their families; to be safe wherever they are; to economic equality and independence; to be healthy and active. Funding for General Operating Support.

Lydia Place: $75,000 (over three years)

Lydia Place provides a multi-faceted program that supports women and their children in transition from homelessness to independence. Respecting the individual needs of each mother and child, the Lydia Place staff and volunteers are able to assist each family in the changes necessary for their success. Funding for General Operating Support.

Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust: $300,000 (over three years)

The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust leads and inspires action to conserve and enhance the landscape from Seattle across the Cascade Mountains to Central Washington, ensuring a long-term balace between people and nature. Funding for General Operating Support.

Northwest Maritime Center: $300,000 (over three years)

The Northwest Maritime Center & Wooden Boat Foundation is a center for maritime education dedicated to the preservation and celebration of traditional maritime skills, culture and heritage. The Northwest Maritime Center's mission is to engage and educate people of all generations in traditional and contemporary maritime life in a spirit of adventure and discovery. The sea connects us all. Funding for General Operating Support.

PCC Farmland Trust: $75,000 (over three years)

PCC Farmland Trust secures, preserves, and stewards threatened farmland in the Northwest, to ensure that generations of local farmers productively farm it using sustainable, organic growing methods. Funding for General Operating Support.

Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets: $75,000 (over three years)

Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) exists to support homeless and at-risk youth and young adults to become empowered to lead positive and self-sufficient lives. Funding will support their employment and training program.

Phinney Neighborhood Association: $180,000 (over three years)

The Phinney Neighborhood Association (PNA) was organized in 1980 to foster a sense of community and to assist North Seattle residents in enhancing the quality of their lives. Funding for General Operating Support.

Puget Sound Sage: $50,000 (over two years)

Puget Sound Sage brings together labor, faith and community to build an economy based on shared prosperity. We ensure all families benefit from economic growth, all workers are free from discrimintation in the workplace, and all development meets the needs of our community. Funding for General Operating Support.

Recovery Cafe: $300,000 (over three years)

Recovery Cafe is a community in which men and women traumatized by homelessness, addiction and mental health challenges can come to know themselves as loved and as instruments of love in the lives of others with gifts to share and receive the support needed to become stable in housing, relationships, health and employment. Funding for General Operating Support.

Seattle Parks Foundation: $300,000 (over three years)

Seattle Parks Foundation connects and supports community leaders to build and sustain a thriving system of parks and public space for all people. Funding will support the Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands Project.

Sightline Institute: $300,000 (over three years)

The Sightline Institute is an independent, not-for-profit research and communication center that promotes an environmentally sound economy and way of life in the Pacific Northwest. Funding for General Operating Support.

Skagit Land Trust: $69,000 (over three years)

Skagit Land Trust conserves wildlife habitat, wetlands, agricultural and forest lands, scenic open space and shorelines thoughout Skagit County for the benefit of our community and as a legacy to future generations. Funding will support their youth programming development.

Teen Feed: $180,000 (over three years)

Teen Feed's mission is to offer support to meet basic needs, build strong relationships, and ally with homeless youth as they meet their future off the streets. Funding will support their Teen Feed Meal Program.

Vida Verde Nature Education: $60,000 (over three years)

Vida Verde Nature Education is a non-profit that promotes educational equity by providing free, overnight, environmental learning experiences for students who don't otherwise get the opportunity. Funding for General Operating Support.

Washington Community Action Network Education and Research
Fund: : $75,000 (over three years)

Washington CAN!'s mission is to achieve economic fairness in order to establish a democratic society characterized by racial and social justice, with respect for diversity, and a decent quality of life for those who reside in Washington State. Funding for General Operating Support.

Washington Toxics Coalition (WTC) uses groundbreaking research, top-notch advocacy, in-depth grassroots organizing and high quality consumer information to help create a healthier and just world by promoting safer products, chemicals, and practices, and a healthier future for the next generation. Funding will support rebranding and website project.

Washington Water Trust: $75,000 (over three years)

Washington Water Trust is a neutral, nonregulatory, 501 c 3 nonprofit dedicated to improving and protecting stream flows and water quality throughout Washington State. Funding will support capacity building projects.

Women's Transitional Living Center Inc: $300,000 (over three years)

WTLC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping individuals and families escape the depths of domestic violence and exploitation. WTLC provides the tools and resources to build self-esteem and empower people for independent living. Funding will support their Safe at Last Project.

Zero Waste Washington: $75,000 (over three years)

Zero Waste Washington protects people and our natural world by advocating for products designed and produced to be healthy, safe, and continually recycled and reused. We are the public’s voice for zero waste. We envision a just and sustainable world where society responsibly produces, consumes and recycles. Funding for General Operating Support.